As part of the of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention, will declare 2009 the Year of the Gorilla (YoG) on 1 December at its ninth Conference of Parties in Rome.
Partners in this campaign will be the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), in cooperation with UNEP and UNESCO, and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).
The CMS convention brokered the CMS Gorilla Agreement on the conservation of gorillas and their habitats in the ten African gorilla range states. This legal agreement aims to secure the survival of gorilla populations in the wild.
The YoG campaign will work for the implementation of the CMS Gorilla Agreement by supporting conservation action in gorilla habitat. Other aspects will be the funding and training of rangers, support for scientific research, development of alternative sources of income, e.g. ecotourism, as well as education and awareness raising. Interested parties will be given the possibility of supporting specific projects presented on the website www.yog2009.org).
WildlifeDirect is seeking your ideas on how to celebrate the Year of the Gorilla
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11 Comments
Yes!!!!!! what an awesome idea!!!!!!!!! I will be looking forward to all the great celebrations and if I think of something wonderful I will offer my suggestions!
I wanted to say RIP Pablo..I just got my Dianne Fossey Karisoke Newsletter… and there was a tribute to him…he lived 34 long years and then went missing in July of 08 after having an altercation with another silverback!
These are magnificent animals and must be protected!!
Celebrate the Year of the Gorilla by giving them Full Protection in every possible way.
“It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It’s cruel, it’s brutal, it’s inhumane, and most people don’t want it.”
– Abigail ‘Dear Abby’ Van Buren
“Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury.”
– Alexander Von Humbolt
I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.
– Christopher Walken
* The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
~Alice Walker
“The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.”
~Alice Walker
Annie, that is so sad about Pablo. 34 years is a long time to live for a mountain gorilla. Still, it’s hard to here that one just simply disappears. I read that Pablo’s Group is the largest group of Central African mountain gorillas ever studied by the Karisoke researchers. What a testimony to his leadership skills. Lisa
To celebrate?…..Yes. But to waste in frivolous!…NO. Moreover to revise every possible way how to help the protection of this threaten specie and his habitat.
hope a better solution can be found soon after all the years of unresolved hslf-hearted efforts.
I hope everything is done to ensure the survival of the gorillas! They are so beautiful!
This is a wonderful idea. I hope that many people can get involved so that we can all join in to help support the gorillas !
Bernadette
Uganda has a new set of gorilla twins in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park !!. The twins wee born to the Nkuringo group. The local people around are very excited about the twins, it is the second occurrence among the Nkuringo gorillas. the mother moves on her hind limbs as she carries the babies in her arms ! one of the twins is male while the sex of the other is yet to be confirmed. The news was reported by Monitor Newspaper of December 3,2008.